Sachet for treating and waving hair



May 3, 1938. P. MOULIN SACHET FOR TREATING AND WAVING HAIR Filed March21, 1936 IHNVENTOR, .Piam'e LuazwMouJ/wu @Jm MM ATTORNEYS Patented May3, 1938 UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE SACHET FOR TREATING AND' WAVINGHAIR Pierre Lucien Moulin, Paris, France, assignor to Eugene, Ltd., NewYork, N. Y a corporation of New York Application March 21, 1936, SerialNo. 70,154 In Great Britain March 23, 1935 Claims. (Cl. 13236.2)

This invention relates to the permanent Wav- Fig. 4 illustrates aconvenient way of practicing ing and similar treatment of hair andparticuone step of the invention; larly to the practice of applyingsachets or treat- Fig. 5 illustrates the step of winding a tress of ingpads to hair tresses wound and stretched upon hair about the curler;curling rods carried by hair clamps preparatory Fig. 6 illustrates asachet or treating pad which to the application of heat. may be employedin the practice of the invention; In the conventional practice the tressis firmly Fig. 7 shows a modified sachet pad and one clamped near thescalp and after winding the method of heating the treating pad and thetress upon the curler and mounting the curler Wound tress;

10 with the tress wound thereabout upon the clamp, Figure 7 is asectional view through the device 10 the sachet or other treating pad isapplied upon showing the assembly of clamp, pad and heater, and over thewound tress and the ends of the and.

pad pinched about the sides of the wind for the Fig. 8 is a p r p v v wf the pad Shown treating operation. Irrespective of the care exin Fig.7. ercised in positioning and applying the sachet, Referring to thedrawing the scalp is indicated 15 the under side of the wound tress,namely, that at A and tress of hair to be waved and treated portionadjacent the clamp, is either imperfectly is indicated at B. contactedor not contacted at all by the treat- A C Ve n a a p 0 p t s d ing padand an imperfect closure of the win-d is cated at I, the details ofwhich are omitted from obtained with the result that the wound tress isth drawin fo convenience n us a t non-uniformly treated and leakage ofthe hot being of any o v n ional typ r fi m y pfluid and vapors oftenoccurs with injury to the g the tress of hair B Heal the p- The Clampscalp. Moreover, when external heater are emor protector l carries theconventional curler or ployed the latter sometimes burn the exposed or 0the latter being Carried y the holders imperfectly shielded tress. orlugs 3 mounted on the clamp. At 4 is indi- One of the objects of theinvention is the eirec- Gated h sachet or r n p for enclosing he tiveclosure, protecting and treating of the wound Curler rod having a tresso a r Wound therehair tresses, whereby the whole circumference a AProtecting D Shield 5 of rubber, of the wound tress is intimatelycontacted by the felt the like is disposed beneath the Clamp l treatingpad with resultant uniform treating and and pr r bly this prot in p 5 isseparate 30 waving of the tress. from the clamp l, although the clamp lis often A further object i t effect ubstantially itself provided with arubber or felt protector on complete enclosure of the wound hair tresswithin its under Sidethe sachet or treating pad, notwithstanding theFigS- 1 and 2 S ow the tress of hair wound mounting of the curlers uponthe suppgrting ready fOI treatment. It is noted that in addition clamps,whereby the whole circumference of the t0 the plfitectihg Shield 0 pad 5D S beneat wound tress is uniformly treated and leakage in the Clamp theSatchet treating p 4 tendS the neighborhood of the unwound part of the wn t clamp l a d t ur a y n the tress near the roots avoided, wound tressB, leaving no part Of the Wind ex- A further object of the invention isa novel p s d a t y m n a d u se l r p osachet or treating pad for usein hair waving. tection against the hot vapors and fluid reachingFurther objects of the invention will hereinthe p- Q the sachetCompletely e after appear. circles and encloses the Whole circumferenceof Referring to the drawing accompanying this the wound tress of hairwhich ensures a thorough 5 application: and uniform treatment of theWound tress.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view diagrammatically s. 3 0 When a protecting D5 paillustrating the protector, the curler and the rate from the clampis utilized it is first threaded sachet with the hair tress wound readyto be p n the tress this P usually having a Slit treated, according tothe invention; or opening in it for the reception of the tress. Fig. 2is a sectional view through Fig. 1 on the The clamp I is then caused togrip the tress at a 50 line 22; point adjacent the pad 5. The sachet ortreat- Fig. 3 is a schematic view illustrating the preing pad 4 isprovided with a transverse slit 4 ferred order of the steps in theassembly of the intermediate its ends and edges, as indicated, fordifferent parts of the appliances employed in the reception of the tressin a closely fitting manthe practice of the invention; ner. The sachetis threaded over the tress and '55 brought down upon the clamp l withthe tress passing through the slit 4'. Fig. 4 illustrates a convenientway of threading the tress through the slit 4', when the slit is closedat both ends and stops short of both sides of the pad as illustrated, ahook 6 being employed in this operation. The tress is then wound fromthe tip towards the roots (Fig. 5) upon the curler 2 to form asubstantially cylindrical wind, whereupon the curler 2 is then insertedupon the holders 3 of the clamp l. The wind is then tensioned andstretched by applying a key or wrench to the spindle of the curler andturning it in the conventional manner. The sachet is then broughtupwardly from both sides about the wound tress of hair and the ends arecaused to overlap as indicated at In and II. The wound tress thus formedand totally enclosed in the sachet 4 is then ready for the applicationor production of heat utilized in the treatment of the hair It is thusapparent that the whole circumference of the wound tress is brought intoefficient hair treating relation with the sachet 4, the latter entirelyenclosing the wound tress. A uniform and thorough treatment of the hairtress is thereby effected. Moreover, the wound tress, being entirelyenclosed within the sachet itself, is thoroughly shielded against andprotected from any other part of the appliance, such as a conventionalheater clamped thereto. The internal heat is maintained and preservedmore efliciently and the vapors and liquids cannot escape and drip uponor burn the scalp. The slit or orifice 4 is so dimensioned as to affordpassage exactly to the tress of hair and is effectively sealed by thetress of hair passing therethrough thus preventing the escape of vaporsor fluid along the unwound root part of the tress. For more effectivelyforming the seal at the slit the latter may be reinforced as, forexample, by absorbent elastic material so that on the tress of hair beindrawn through the slit the material adjacent the slit may be presseddown for the purpose of tightly clamping the hair tress at the positionat which it extends through the sachet. Thus the body of the sachet 4rests against the underneath side of the wound tress and directly incontact with the clamp protector or support or in contact with anotherprotecting layer which rests upon the clamp. The sachet is wrappedaround the curler and tress of hair from the bottom' and away from thescalp contrary to the conventional practice of wrapping the sachet fromthe top of the wind and only partially encircling the wind.

In the preferred practice of the invention the sachet is inserted withthe tress passing through the slit 4', as the next step immediatelyfollowing the clamping of the tress by the clamp I and, as indicatedabove, the tress may be passed through the slit 4' by the use of asuitable instrument or hook 6. In the particular embodiment illustrated,the sachet or pad is adapted to the accommodation of a single tress ofhair, but, obviously, if more than one tress of hair is to be treated bythe use of the same pad the latter should have for best results a slitfor each tress.

The sachet 4 may otherwise be of any conventional character. Forexample, it may comprise an outer envelope 12 of thin metal foil, pieceof tinsel or a sheet of material that is a good conductor of heat, anabsorbent lining l3 of soft, thick flannel or cotton or otherwisespongy, fibrous or napped material, and finally an inner shield M ofparchment paper or equivalent sheet material which is perforated orprovided with a multiplicity of small pin point holes l5. These partsmay be fastened together by seams Hi to form a unitary structure. Theabsorbent lining l3 serves the usual purpose in hair waving, namely,itmay be impregnated or soaked in advance or at the moment of operationupon the hair by a liquid or a paste or any other substance which willfacilitate that operation. It may be dipped in the vaporizable solutionfor use in the hair waving operation. This solution does not come intodirect contact with the tress of hair B, wound around the curler sincethe perforated layer I4 retains the liquid which permits the vapors fromthe liquid to pass through the numerous small openings, thereby formingjets of vapor which penetrate the tress of hair for treatment. The tressof hair is usually moistened in advance by any suitable material whichtogether with the vapors passing through the perforations from theabsorbent layer results in the proper treatment of the hair. The papershield [4 may, if it be necessary, be extended to form an insert betweenthe soft thick piece [3 and outer envelope I2 of the sachet 4 and thispart of the paper need not be perforated.

Where an external heater is clamped around the curler and the woundtress for applying heat externally, as for example as shown in Fig. '7,the sachet is preferably provided underneath with skirts or flangepieces I9, 20 disposed on the opposite sides of the slit for the purposeof shielding the unwound part 2| of the tress extending between the slitand the clamp from the heat of the heating elements. These protectingskirts l9, 20 project between the heater jaws 22 on the one hand and thetress 2i and clamp on the other hand and thus prevent the heater jawsfrom touching the tress of hair at the point where it comes through theslit 4' or effectively insulate the jaws.

These protecting skirts or flange pieces of the sachet may be formed inany suitable manner, as by folds of its envelope I2 alone, or by foldsof this envelope and the absorbent lining I3 and of its shield 14, asshown. The two superposed folds l9 and '20 form two double lips, triplelips, or quadruple lips, more or less opened out, which are disposedbetween the hair and the jaws 22 of the heater. Preferably, theprotecting skirts form an integral part of the envelope l2, theabsorbent lining l3, and the paper shield M. The whole may be made asshown in Fig. 8 in such wise as to form an X structure with a centralslit 4 for the passage of the lock of hair. Two groups or separate parts23 and 24 are secured together face to face along the line 25, as byclips 26 to leave a slit 4 for the passage of the hair tress and theshorter parts or edges l9, 2!] form the protecting skirts.

The two ends of the envelope 12 of the wrapper or sachet may be ofdifferent areas, in order that the one of them may be pulled down to theneighborhood of the base of the other for the purpose of enclosing thewrapper that is pressed down by the jaws 22 of the heater. It is thisform of construction of the sachet which Figure 6 showsdiagrammatically.

While a heater having the jaws 22 is shown for applying heat externallyto the sachet, it is understood that the invention is not limited tothis method of heating, as any conventional method of developing orapplying heat in the hair waving art may be employed. Likewise, theinvention is not limited to the particular type of curler or clamp asany conventional appliance may be used which includes means; fortensioning the coiled tress and locking the curler on the clamp againstuncoiling. The sachet may be varied in construction, according toconventional practice within the limitations described above.

I claim:

1. A sachet pad for use with a fiat clamp in treating and waving hair inthe croquignole process comprising two separate, identically constructedparts fastened together face to face along a line adjacent one edge withthe fastening means discontinued through a part of the width to form aslit for the reception of a tress of hair, the short projecting endsforming protecting skirts to overlie the clamp and underlie the jaws ofa croquignole heater when placed about the wound tress.

2. A sachet pad of the character set forth in claim 1 which comprises aninner absorbent pad disposed between an outer metallic foil and an innerfinely perforated parchment paper with the metallic foil projecting atone end beyond the absorbent pad for forming a closed tube about acylindrical wind.

3. A sachet pad for treating and waving hair in the croquignole processhaving absorbent ma- 7 terial disposed between a metallized paper and aperforated paper shield, with a double fold formed therein and with thedouble fold forming two lips with a slit in the center line of junction,the ends of the sachet pad situated to either side of the slit beingadapted to be folded about a cylindrical wind in overlapping fashion,the double fold forming skirts which insulate the jaws of the heatersfrom the hair and head.

4. A sachet pad for use in the croquignole process having a transverseslit formed intermediate the ends thereof for accommodating theinsertion of a sachet pad about a flat band of hair and havingprotecting skirts firmly attached to it, said skirts extending fromeither side of the center line of the slit through which the flat bandof hair passes, and being adapted to be disposed between the heaterelements and that portion of a tress of hair between the clamp and thewind.

5. A sachet pad for treating and waving hair having a transverse slitformed intermediate the ends thereof to accommodate the passage of alock of hair therethrough prior to the hair being coiled on the curler,whereby said pad may be rolled up over itself after the wind is formedabout the curler and in such manner as to form a 2 complete protectiveand treating tube thereabout.

PIERRE LUCIEN MOULIN.

